Umpire responsibility question:
Runner on third with a fly ball to CF. Our dugout is on third base side (so right in front of us). As our CF catches the ball, three coaches in the dugout say at same time she left early. (Later base coach agrees with us, not even close.) The runner left the base was called back to tag and left again as soon as she touched the base. We get our players to throw the ball to third for the force out.
Home plate umpire calls runner safe (on appeal, lol no appeal was a force out still ball was in play). I ask if he would discuss with base umpire and of course ego over rules me and he says his call and she was on the base.
I was later told that it was not his call because he should have been watching the catch. Is it his call?
Runner on third with a fly ball to CF. Our dugout is on third base side (so right in front of us). As our CF catches the ball, three coaches in the dugout say at same time she left early. (Later base coach agrees with us, not even close.) The runner left the base was called back to tag and left again as soon as she touched the base. We get our players to throw the ball to third for the force out.
Home plate umpire calls runner safe (on appeal, lol no appeal was a force out still ball was in play). I ask if he would discuss with base umpire and of course ego over rules me and he says his call and she was on the base.
I was later told that it was not his call because he should have been watching the catch. Is it his call?